Constitution Day 2025 Program: Current Constitutional Issues

In honor of Constitution Day 2025, on October 7^th, NYCLA is offering an insightful discussion of the current constitutional issues that are being confronted by the courts. Some of the topics to be addressed by our expert panel include Congress v. the President: agency shutdowns, eliminating departments, cutting authorized and appropriated spending; the President v. the Judiciary: following court orders; is every ruling against the administration the result of rogue judges; Immigration and due process; Is Humphrey’s Executor still good law; birthright citizenship, domestic use of the military and many more.  Our esteemed panel of legal educators and practicing lawyers include:

• Akhil Reed Amar, Sterling Professor of Law and Political Science, Yale Law School

• Burt Neuborne, Norman Dorsen Professor of Civil Liberties Emeritus and Founding Legal Director, Brennan Center for Justice, NYU Law

• Richard H. Pildes, Sudler Family Professor of Constitutional Law, NYU Law

• David M. Rabban,Dahr Jamail, Randall Hage Jamail and Robert Lee Jamail Regents Chair in Law, Distinguished Teaching Professor, The University of Texas at Austin, School of Law

Richard P. Swanson, NYCLA President and Arthur Aufses, NYCLA Rule of Law Task Force Chair will moderate this lively and informative discussion.

This program will be available in-person and via zoom.  After the conclusion of the program, LIVE attendees will have the opportunity to purchase new publications by our panelists and have their copies autographed.  CLE is also available for this program.  For more information or to register, click here.

About the New York County Lawyers Association
The New York County Lawyers Association (www.nycla.org) was founded in 1908 as one of the first major bar associations in the country that admitted members without regard to race, ethnicity, religion, or gender. Since its inception, it has pioneered some of the most far-reaching and tangible reforms in American jurisprudence and has continuously played an active role in legal developments and public policy.

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